The Council resumed its 14th plenary meeting and the President invited the Co-Chairpersons of the round tables to report on the outcomes: Valli Moosa, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism of South Africa, reported on round table 1, on “Natural resources and rural development in developing countries”; Jan O. Karlsson, Minister for Development Cooperation of Sweden, reported on round table 2, on “Integrated approach to the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in the area of rural development”; María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, Minister for Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, reported on round table 3, on “Global partnerships for rural development”; and Ivan Šimonović, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Croatia, reported on round table 4, on “Rural/urban interface and slums”.
María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador, informó en relación con la mesa redonda 3 sobre “Asociaciones mundiales para el desarrollo rural”; y el Sr. Ivan Šimonović, Viceministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Croacia, informó en relación con la mesa redonda 4 sobre “Interacción entre el medio rural y el urbano y barrios de tugurios”. El Presidente del Consejo formuló una declaración final sobre las mesas redondas.